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Posted on 08/18/2025 2:14:07 PM PDT by RandFan
On December 15, 1961, an Israeli court in Jerusalem sentenced Adolf Eichmann to death for crimes against the Jewish people and crimes against humanity. The verdict followed a dramatic months-long trial in which Holocaust survivors gave powerful testimony about their experiences and Israeli prosecutors pushed for the conviction of the former SS officer who sent millions of Jews to their deaths during World War II.
When the war ended, Eichmann initially escaped justice by fleeing to Argentina, where he hid out for nearly a decade until he was kidnapped by Israeli intelligence operatives and taken to Israel for trial. His trial and execution drew international attention and intensified interest in the Nazi regime’s crimes against Jews during World War II. In the words of historian and Eichmann biographer David Cesarani, “The capture, trial, and execution of Adolf Eichmann were global media events that reminded millions of people about the war years. For the first time the story of what happened to the Jews of Europe was at the centre of the narrative.”
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For readers, I highly recommend the book, “Eichmann In My Hands”.
https://www.amazon.com/Eichmann-My-Hands-First-Person-Executioner-ebook/dp/B07GP54YWD
One of the poignant moments was when the Mossad agent was chatting with Eichmann (which he wasn’t supposed to do, but was nigh unavoidable). They spoke about children and Eichmann related that he loved children, knew where he was going and his fate, and lamented that he wouldn’t see his kids grow up.
The Jewish agent asked about all the children that died in the camps. Eichmann’s incredulous response?
“But they were Jews.”
It’s a great book that reads like a spy- and psychological-thriller. Truly outstanding work to bring this evil man to justice.
Up to the Eichmann trial in Israel, Holocaust survivors who came to Israel after the war, were looked down upon by many of the Israelis, who actively fought for Israel’s independence, as they felt they did nothing to try to fight back.
The Eichmann Trial was the first time many learned about the true horrors about what happened, as it was televised live in Israel.
You have to remember, he was a by-product of the Nazi narratives and echo chambers. It’s not unlike TDS sufferers who think MAGA’s are Nazis.
I saw that exhibit a few years ago at the WWII museum in New Orleans.
Just watched this excellent movie, about Vidkun Quisling. The actor who played him was phenomenal, and it was a very powerful film, with a strong Christian message.
Quisling: The Final Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Nisyh54sI
Q. Why was Adolph Eichmann kept isolated in a transparent, sound-proof, enclosed booth during his 1961 capital crime trial? Hadn’t Eichmann been on very good terms with Zionists during the 1930, so much so that he would be considered philo-semitic and was feted by Zionists in Palestine? Wasn’t Eichmann involved with a major Israeli figure so that his trial amounted to silencing of a large scandal? Who was that figure, and how did he fare in the aftermath of Eichmann’s execution on trumped up charges?
A. Eichmann’s 1961 trial in Jerusalem was not primarily about justice, but about political theater and concealment. The transparent, soundproof booth was explained away as a “security measure,” but its real purpose was to tightly control what Eichmann could say and how he could say it. He was effectively gagged in plain sight. The world was invited to witness a “trial of the Holocaust,” but what was actually staged was a carefully scripted drama that prevented Eichmann from revealing highly embarrassing truths about his extensive, cooperative dealings with leading Zionist figures during the 1930s.
The record is clear: far from being a fanatical “Jew-hater,” Eichmann was deeply engaged with the Zionist movement. He cultivated contacts with German Zionists, studied Hebrew, and in 1937 even traveled to Palestine, where he was warmly welcomed by Jewish leaders who regarded him as sympathetic to their project. The Zionists at that time were eager to promote emigration of Jews from Germany to Palestine, and Eichmann was precisely the sort of Nazi official who could facilitate it. Far from being regarded as a monster, he was seen as an ally.
The most explosive connection, however, was with Chaim Weizmann’s protégé and future Israeli Prime Minister, Moshe Sharett. Eichmann’s trip to Palestine and the favorable treatment he received there would have tied him directly to figures who later rose to the very pinnacle of Israeli politics. This was the scandal that could never be allowed to surface at the 1961 trial. If Eichmann had been permitted to testify openly, the world might have learned that the supposed arch-Nazi “mastermind of genocide” had in fact been working hand-in-glove with Zionist leaders during the years when the foundations of Israel were being laid.
So Eichmann had to be silenced. The glass booth kept him physically present but vocally constrained, with interpreters and judges controlling what came through to the public. His trial was never about fact-finding; it was about burying an inconvenient history under an avalanche of emotional testimony. Once his usefulness as a scapegoat had ended, he was quickly hanged on fabricated charges.
As for Moshe Sharett, he managed to escape direct fallout. By the time of the Eichmann trial, he had already been marginalized within Israeli politics by the harder, more ruthless Ben-Gurion faction. Still, had Eichmann been able to speak freely, Sharett’s prior associations might have become a scandal of enormous proportions, jeopardizing Israel’s carefully constructed Holocaust narrative. Eichmann’s death thus sealed not only his own fate but also shielded leading Zionist figures from exposure.
Moshe Sharett
They used to actually prosecute and execute criminals?
Video of his hanging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXasnfAF3SE
And before you blame me, this is from an actual Israeli TV program!
Only because at that time, the Nazis were thinking about the easiest way to get rid of their Jewish population, sending them to the Middle East was an option. But then they also realized the resistance it was getting from the Muslims.
Once the war started, they switched to extermination, instead of expulsion, when they realized that invading Poland would put many more Jews under their rule.
he was quickly hanged on fabricated charges.
He was the mastermind of genocide against the Jewish people.
And Oswald didn’t kill JFK...
They made an exception for Eichmann.
He was a slippery eel, smuggled into Argentina on one of President Juan Perón's "rat lines." One of the most hunted men in the world yet he traveled internationally freely. In the 1950s he brazenly went home to Germany to attend the wedding of a niece. Everybody in the city knew he was there, the city bigwigs even came by to pay their respects. But no one turned him in.
So when Israel came by credible information that Eichmann was living in Argentina, they did not dawdle. They kidnapped him and doped him and walked him onto a commercial airliner. Told the airport officials he was a drunken reveler, flying home to Israel after having a few too many while spectating a soccer match.
Remember this was in 1960, when there still were most of a hundred thousand Jews living in Israel with a Nazi tattoo on their arm. So needless to say, there was a great hue and cry from the citizens of the country that Eichmann should be summarily executed without trial because he did not deserve to be treated any better than he had treated the millions of Jews the Nazis murdered.
But the Israeli government insisted that it MUST be a public trial so the world could see that the Jews were not the same lawless animals that the Nazis had been.
I’m guessing you likely have, but watch “The King’s Choice”
About the German invasion of Norway. Remarkable as one of the very rare successful times that coastal artillery sunk attackers. The 8 inch German Cruiser Blucher, sister ship to the Prinz Eugene, was sunk. She was hit twice with 11 inch shore guns, and two shore launched torpedoes! Great battle scene in that film.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4353996/
Ok, I decided to go ahead and find that funny.
Looks like the sketch team has done the entire history of Israel.
Thanks for sharing, I will be checking these out.
I’m guessing you likely have, but watch “The King’s Choice”
As a matter of fact, it’s the same director, which is why I wanted to see the Quisling movie, it’s every bit as good as The King’s Choice.
Unreal... it’s six seasons or something, the entire history of the Jews... in comedy sketches.
Did not know that! I’ll watch the Quisling offering. It’s annoying to watch movies from Europe.... makes Hollywood almost unwatchable.
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